Dai.. You are making a common error in afective forecasting.. Told ya to get "Stumbling on Happiness". Check this out: http://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2007/03/happiness_and_a.html"People get unhappier between the ages of 20 and 45 - by the equivalent of one-third the effect of losing one's job - but happier thereafter"